Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-16
SPIRIT OF THE NEWS.

of the new Italian Cabinet.
Neither wine, ale, porter, nor brandy
has ever been manufactured is Japan.
Twents-fve Mormon women are at
work as missionaries in east Tennessee.
There are said to be over COG, 600
opium consumers in the United States.
The gross receipts of the Bernhardf
engagement in New York amounted tc
$60.120.
A lover of statistics has calculated
that $4,000 stitches are required for a
hand-seWed shirt.
Over 800 indictments were foundry
the special grand jury against the Cook
County, Ill, boodlers.
The New York Legislature has APP
propriated 100000 for the improve
ment of the Erie Canal.
Five negroes, accused of having muir
dered a boy, were lYnched by mob at
Yorkyille, S. c., April 6.
Woodite is a new material, said to
be noninfammable, impervious to
water, and as elastic as rubber.
Herr Kruppis going to start first
class daily newspaper at Essen for the
use of his 100000 workmen.
The American flag, so far as Chicago
is concerned, has still the usual amount
OF blue and white in it's makeup.
Toads are an article of merchan-
disc in Paris, being kept in tubs anG
sold at the rate of two francs Dozen
John D. and William Rockefeller
have Standard oiled the wheel Of the
Tabernacle Baptist Church in New
York with a gift of $4,000.
April 9Th every town in Bulgaria
sent congratulations to Prince Alexan-
der Of Battenberg, it being his 30th
birthday.
The monument of the late Schuyler
Colfax, to be erected at indianapolis by
the Odd-Fellows of Indiana, will be I'M
yelled May IS with elaborote ceremon-
les.
1.-THE new Director of Public Safety of
Philadelphia has notified the police
that they will be held strictly response
BILE for the enforcement of the gambling,
prize-fghting, and Sunday liquor-sell-
ing laws.
The young Count Andrassy acted as
second for Lieutenant Wharman in a
duel he recently fought at Pesth with
Count Andor Szechenyl. A bullet
BASED through the latter's chest and
he is not expected to live.
Mrs. Thomas A. Hendricks denies
that she has any intention of writing
a biography of the late Vice-President.
She is however, engaged in classify
ing and arranging the mass of memo
randa left by him, which will doubtless
be valuable for reference in the
future .s;..s..s. 3, =
r: r::aaMosess Bauer of. New York last
Sunday celebrated his Tooth birthday
g; anniversary: Mr. Bauer boasts that he
drank beer for +ninety-nine years, but
on. this occasion he treated his friends
TO wine bottled on the banks of. the
Rhine Just 1oo: years ago. ...... .@., =
Y The Duke Of Argyle, father Of the
Marquis of Lorne and Lord Colin Camp
i bell, ls:s small man, with a big head
and the face of a mud-carter. q He. has
/ mass Of bushy. white hair, his shirt is
always frayed at the collar. he invaribly
wears arusty frock coat, and trousers
F i've Inches tosshort.. 5; - . r. Z 81: :s@
f. Col. w. Fl. Martin. who will succeed
T senraator-elect Reagan in the House, is
as tail and thin as rail. He wears
long hair and has tuft on his chin,
/ and.a mustache. His~@voice lis loud
and his gestures are awkward: His
trousers never fit him and he wears, a
butternut -colored shirt. -.
Mr.. .Story's idea Of a Grant m ont
m,ent, which he has shaped into clay
model and sent to New. x ork, lis base
i sof. mausoleum form, surmounted by. a
! dome and statue of Grant, with the
figure of Victory in front over the
entrance anda'a frieze on the sides illus
tra rating events of 1.-The war. =
Miss Nellie Whiteside, a very pretty
girl Of Is joined: the Salvation Army
recently at Raleigh, N. c., and diseoy-
cred e /: that under her. contract absolute
obedience to any orders Of her srperiors
/ was Required: Miss Whitesides refused
to marry one of the Salvationists, and
was then told that she would be arrest
led for violation of the contract. She
4 called on the police for protection. t@.:
jeff Davis, close orf1:his 8Oth birthday,
:E4stlll Journeys outsinto the brambles near
sl his home 5.:' at. Beauyoir;4 Miss.
on n 4. d: the gulf. and Shoots. an
occasional rabbit for. sports
sake. He treated himself to a new shot!
gtii1rlrsa month or SO ago, and seemed to
to think it was rather a good joke when
lone of his visitors askedwhether he was
contemplating startling out upon new
E q. Is, ~, ~.
vs. The Rev. DR.. Talmage, who has iust
returned to Brooklyn from his Western
tour, said in a late sermon to his con-
gregation: I'd have never seen such
signs its Of life in Business would cali it
q boom if Idid not dislike the word. !:
{ me. men who took. Horace Greeley, $
ad " right, II would give. the
same S7SI advice today; nay, I would 60
ilJ SILL sell. Is any Necessity was laid upon
me, as. ! told some Of the western PEE
pie. s-:4 + IN: ssss.;::: = Is IMP
q corresponIldent. who had a. nor
sonal interview with MI. 4ladst Pr
last Saturday at his ep1,untrV bo, +
seven miles from Lo,.ldonE savs. ~ =
found him returning from a w All
along: q country road. Des,ite his
years ana the great fatigue Of q session